Rotary disk-cutter cleaner



Feb; 1 .1927.

, v 1,616,388 E. H. PHlLADlTAKlS ROTARY DISK CUTTER CLEANER Filed May 1a. 1926 Patented Feb. 1, 1927.

EFSTRATIOS H. PVHILADITAKIS, or JERsEY em, NEW JERSEY.

ROTARY DISK-CUTTER CLEANER.

Application filed May 18, 1923' Serial No. 109,950.

This invention relates to rotary disk cut-I 1 of slicing machines, and which will remove from both sides of the knife all the particles of material which may adhere to it during any single slicing operation, in order that such particles may not become attached to the body of the material being cut or to the slices as each is removed by the knife.

This invention comprises the special construction and arrangement of the parts believed to be particularly effective for the stated-purpose, and which parts and their disposition are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 of the drawings represents a side view of this invention as applied to a rotary disk cutter, and Fig.2 is a view of the same parts set out in Fig. 1 showing the opposite side of this invention. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the parts as arranged in Fig. 1. Fig. 45 is a top plan view of the parts arranged to show the holders and scrapers in their second or alternative operating positon with respect to the main portion or body of this invention. Fig. 5 shows a rotary knife partly in section with this invention applied thereto and operating against both the outside and the inside surfaces of the knife. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view onthe broken line 6-6 of Fig. 4 showing the means of securing the holder sleeves removably'and frictionally in place on the body. Fig. 7 is a cross section of oneof the scrapers removed. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of one of the scraper holders removed. Fig. 9 is a modilied form of one of thescrapers shown in cross section with sheet celluloid covering the scraping side of the blade of the scraper,

and one side of the stiffening edge portion thereof.

Throughout the description and drawings the same number used to refer to the same part.

Considering the drawlngs, the body 1 of bendable metal, has the upright tongues 2, 3 andfl separated by recesses 5 and 6, and

located upon one face or forming parts of one leg of the U-shapcd'body 1. On the other side or forming the other leg of the U are theupright tongues or members 7 and 8 with a recess 9 between them. i i

The body is provided with a laterally projecting plate 10 having a bolt hole 11, through which may be passed the bolt or screw 12 to support the body 1 upon any portion 13 of a slicing apparatus. The construction of the apparatus, or of the disk cutter forms no part of this invention, which may be applied to any-make now commonly sold.

As best shown in Fig. 6 the upright 7 has attached to it by rivets 15, or in any convenient manner,the upright member 14:, and the spring 16, which will be again mentioned.

Reference number 17 refers to any disk cutter, in this instance one of the dished or concave form, and in Fig.'5 it will be noted that the scrapers 18 and 19 clasp both the outside and the inside of the dished, knife 17, and scrape the knife at the edge and for some distance beyond the edge towards the center of the knife. The scrapers are usually made of rubber, but this invention is not limited to that material.

The scrapers are held in holders 20 and 21, each of which has a socket such as the socket or channel 23 of te holder 20, and in the channel 23 is placed removably the longitudinally extending squared edge 22 of the scraper- 1.8.

The scrapers are thus readilyremoved and new ones substituted when worn, and it is.

loid' as well as the squared edge portion of the scraper passes through and fritcionally engages the channel 23 of the holder 20.

Each holder is constructed with a terminal sleeve-like portion such as the sleeve 25 of the holder 20, and in the operation of'this,

invention. the sleeve 25 engages both the ion upright tongue or member 14, and the spring 16, as best shown in Figs. 3 and 6. The holder is thus held in place sufficiently and yet is readily removable without the neces slty for unscrewing or taking out or off any other part. Each of the upright members forming the legs of the U-shaped body 1' may be provided with a spring such as the spring 16, but that construction is not intended in any manner to limit this invention and other I connecting devices may be substituted. It.

will be observed in Fig. 4 that the scrapers, which are normally arranged inclined to each other with their. scraping edges to gether, are positioned upon the opposite side or end of the body 1 and the holders engage the uprights 2- and the auxiliary upright 26. This alternative positioning of I the scrapers is to provide for machines where the .most convenient supporting part is on the opposite side from the support illustratedin Fig. 3, or for any reason it is 1 siredto change the point of support for the body 1. 1 I

It hasbeen stated that the body 1 is of bendable metal, and the upright members thereof may be bent in any manner to per- .mit the arrangement of the scrapers 1n the best locations with respect to the knife to be cleaned. Asthe particles drop'trom the knife 17 they fall upon the bottom of the body 1, from which they may be brushed into any convenientpan or other receptacle. The

; construction of'this invention is not limited to any particular metal, but aluminum is very well suited for the purpose. The body 1 and the holders 18 and 19 do not have to e be renewed, but the scrapers after being Worn to a certain extent arewithdrawn and new ones substituted. It is found. in the practice of this invention that the knife is always kept free of particles from the ma terials acted upon and subsequent slices are not rendered unattractive bythe presence. of small particles thereon caught from the cutter, as results from the. operation of numerous machines withinthe knowledge of this applicant.

Having now described this invention, and

' expl'ainedthe manner of its operation, what I claim is 1. In a diskcutter cleaner, the combinai tion with a U-shaped body, of removable resilient scrapers, removable scraper holders,

- and means for connecting the said holders I and said: body indetachable relation.

[tion with a U'shape'd body, oi removable 2. In a disk cutter cleaner, the combinaresilient scrapers, removable scraper holders, and bendable means forconnecting the said holders and. the said body.

3. In a disk cutter cleaner, the combination with-a body portion, of removable scraper holders, means for connecting thesaid holders and body in detachable relation,

and scrapers removablycarried by the said holders inclined to each other and having their scraping edges normally together.

4. In a disk cutter cleaner, the combination With a body portion, of removable scraper holders, means including a bendable member for connecting the said holders and the said body in detachable relation, and scrapers removably carried by the holders and adjustable towards or from each other in correspondence with the position of the bendable member.

5. In: a disk cutter cleaner,., the combina tion with a body portion, of a removable resilient scraper, a scraper holder, means whereby the scraper may be frictionallyand' removably held in the holder, and means wl'rereby the said holder may be frictionally held in connection with the said body and in detachable relation thereto.

6. In a disk cutter cleaner, the coiirbination with a body portion, of removable resilient scrapers, scraper holders having silient scrapers, scraper holders havingterminal sleeves, andthes'aidbody having-upright members of bendable material adapted to engage the said sleeves and to hold the said. holders and scrapers in operative positions. y

'8. In a machine of the character described,

a scraper holder formed of a single" piece of metal having a rectangular socket atone end and a scrapersocket at the otherend.

9; Ina machine of the character described,

the combination with a scraper holder having a rectangular socket at one endand a rectangular scraper socket at the other end, of a scraper having a portion of rectangular cross-section and adapted to fit removab'ly the said scraper socket of the holder.

10. In a disk cutter cleaner, the combination with a body, of removable resilient scrapers, removable scraper holders, and

means for connecting the said holders and the said' body in detachable relation whereby the holders and scrapers may be positioned at will on either side or the said body.

11. In a disk cutter cleaner, the combination with a body, of removable resilient scrapers, removable scraper holders. and

means including a bendable portion for conmeeting the said holders and the said body in detachable relation whereby the holders and scrapers may be positioned at'will on either side of the said body.

12. In a disk cutter cleaner, the combina-. tion with a u shap'e d body, of removable resilient scrapers, removable scraper holders, and means for connecting the said holders and the said body in detachable relation and a plurality of bendable devices whereby whereby the holders and scrapers may be the said holders and the said bodymay be positioned at will on either side of the said connected in detachable relation permitting 10 body. the holders and scrapers to be positioned 5 i 13. In a disk cutter cleaner, the combinaat will on either sideof the said body.

tion with a U-shaped body, of removable In testimony whereof I affix my signature. resilient scrapers, removable scraper holders, EFSTRATIOS H. PHILADITAKIS. 

